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Fossil specimen : BGS GSE5342 – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Trilobita

      Order Redlichiida

Fossil Name Olenellus reticulatus Peach
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Olenellus reticulatus Peach

Provenance
Registration No. GSE5342
Collector n/k
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Meall a Ghiubhais, Kinlochewe
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Fucoid Beds Member
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Comley Series (Cambrian Period) (508 – 526 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Cambrian Series 2 – Terreneuvian Epoch ]

References
References

B. N Peach, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. 50, 1894 XXX,fig.2&3

C.D. Walcott Smithson Miscell. Coll. Vol. 53 No 6 1910 39,figs.10 & 11

Cowie & Macnamara 1978 Pal Vol 21 Part 3 p.625 64, fig.15

Available Images

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/BGS/P814595.JP2

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Steroscopic photographs

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